Huw Walters, Head of Aerospace, Marine and Defence. UK Government Department for Business Innovation and Skills Huw Walters is a Senior Civil Servant in the UK Government’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, advising Ministers on industrial strategy for the Aerospace, Marine and Defence sectors. He is the lead official within Government for the joint Government/industry Aerospace and Defence Growth Partnerships. He is also the UK Government's Strategic Relationship Manager for a number of key global companies. Huw is currently on the Boards of the newly-formed UK Aerospace Technology Institute and the European Transonic Windtunnel. Before joining the Business department in 2009, Huw had a range of roles within the UK Ministry of Defence. Most recently, he was the Director responsible for overseeing the strategy and governance for publicly-owned defence businesses employing over 6,000 staff. He was the Government’s Non-Executive Director on the Boards of the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, the UK Hydrographic Office and the Oil and Pipelines Agency. He played a leading role in the restructuring, part-privatisation and stockmarket flotation of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency to create a new company (QinetiQ). He has a background in defence research that includes working on a range of UK/US and NATO collaborative programmes. Huw has an MBA from Imperial College, London and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Wales. He is a Chartered Psychologist and a member of the Institute of Directors.
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